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A Question of Awe
The psalmist, gazing at the majestic heavens, is struck by a profound paradox. Commentators explain that the question "What is man?" expresses awe that the glorious Creator of the universe would be "mindful" of humanity, which is described as frail, weak, and insignificant. This divine attention is not earned but is a display of God's wonderful and undeserved goodness.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 8:4
18th Century
Theologian
What is man—what claim does one so weak, frail, and short-lived have to be remembered by You? What is there in man that entitles him to so m…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 8:4
19th Century
Bishop
Man ... son of man ... — The first, possibly, with a suggestion of frailty; the second, to his l…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 8:2–4
19th Century
Preacher
He, whose voice rolls the stars along, who makes those bright worlds to fly like sparks from the anvil of his omnipotence, how can he stoop so low …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 8:3–4
16th Century
Theologian
As the Hebrew particle כי, ki, often has the same meaning as because or for, and simply affirms a thing, both the Greek …
John Gill
On Psalms 8:4
17th Century
Pastor
What is man, that you are mindful of him ?
&c.] That is, the psalmist, while he was considering the greatness and gl…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 8:3–9
17th Century
Minister
We are to consider the heavens, so that man may in this way be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so lowly a creature, th…